Senior Civil Engineer (Water / AMP8)

A little more about your role… Our Regulated Water Asset Design team serves the municipal water sector both in the UK and internationally. We hold long term framework agreements directly with water companies, including Severn Trent Water and Southwest Water. We also hold excellent relationships and trading agreements with blue chip contractors, including Costain and Galliford Try, for whom we deliver projects across the UK. We deliver a full range of design services across wastewater treatment, water treatment, sewerage and water network schemes.

Key Responsibilities

• Take ownership for all aspects of project delivery including health & safety, technical, quality, schedule and budget.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams.
• Shape the delivery of our services and identify opportunities to deliver complementary services from the wider WSP business in the UK and overseas.
• Build relationships with our Clients to ensure that our services deliver project outcomes and customer satisfaction.
• Contribute to the identification and delivery of innovative approaches, new services and digital products.
• Contribute to the implementation of our Future Ready and Net Zero programme.
• Act as an ambassador for best practice within the Asset Design team and on Client sponsored initiatives.
• Undertake bid preparation, resource and budget development.
• Line manage and support the professional development of graduate engineers and degree apprentices.
• Contribute to recruitment and growth of the civil engineering team.
• Continue your career journey through the ongoing development of your technical, managerial and leadership skills.

What we will be looking for you to demonstrate

• A degree in Civil Engineering.
• Chartered status, or significant progression towards membership of the ICE or CIWEM.
• Experience in managing engineering design teams comprising civil engineers and other supporting disciplines.
• Experience in delivery of projects to an identified budget and schedule.
• Acted in a checking or technical approval role on linear civil engineering infrastructure projects, or industrial/process related design.
• Experience in mentoring or coaching junior civil engineering staff to develop their technical skills and professional development.
• Client-facing experience.
• Good presentation, written, and verbal communication skills.

Here at WSP we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy or maternity/paternity. As a Disability Confident leader, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria, please let us know if you require any workplace adjustments in support of your application.